May Swenson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense of freedom and play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem.”
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“Body my house my horse my hound what will I do when you are fallen”
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“The summer that I was ten - Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten? It must have been a long one then.”
-- May Swenson
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